Date:         Mon, 2 Nov 2015 07:11:15 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Felder Industries dash foil workaround--one solution to fix
              iffy instrument lights
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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"[...] I went to a parts store and bought three of the smallest bulbs I
could find that I could actually see [...]"

If your eyes are like mine, those would be a A19 medium screw base bulbs.

Yeah, NVC. I'm done.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 11/01/2015 07:36 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
> Yesterday I had the time to make a long-needed foil swap in my 83 diesel
> instrument cluster. I had to solder a small piece of braided copper to
> jumper a bad spot on the new foil, no problems there.
>
> I inspected the donor foil and it looked good. When I installed it,
> everything worked except the instrument lights. Sick and tired of having
> some light or another out, I tested and found that none of the three
> instrument cluster lights were getting an juice.
>
> I went to a parts store and bought three of the smallest bulbs I could find
> that I could actually see